Ararat restaurant

[Joseph]

And wear a fez embroidered with curved cartoon-like swords? And carry white cane walking-sticks?

There is some other, North American-specific custom going on there, I think.

Old white dudes in the U.S., what can I say? It's embarrassing.

[Gavur]

Ararat’s Owner Koch Salgut and Chef Caskun Bektas...
Don't know if they have Armenian roots ...If we ever open restaurant it is def going to be called "Ararat"! ...

Children of Emmigrant turk's not Armenian for sure.
Only trying to unnerve the Armenian's by theft Again

[Hovik]

Aren't there Masonic-like "fraternity" clubs in America whose members go around wearing fezes and swearing alliegance to Ararat or similar such weirdness?

They're called Shriners, but I've never heard of the "swearing alliegance to Ararat" part of it... maybe so.

[Hovik]

Many Bolsahyes have Turkish names. My wife does for instance.

I know that Zildjian cymbals are advertised as "Turkish Cymbals" despite that fact that the formula was created by Armenians and the company has been in the same family for over five hundred years. I even remember reading that one of the family members took part in Operation Nemesis after WWI.

Could they be Armenians? Perhaps.

Yes Zildjians are Armenians, no matter what they advertise their cymbals as. Also, I read an article about 2 years ago, it's one of those columns where readers write in and ask questions that the paper has to research and answer. Someone asked what is the oldest company in the U.S. The answer was Zildjian Cymbal company since they were founded in Constantinople in the 17th century and have since relocated to the U.S.
So the oldest (or longest running) company in the U.S. is Armenian in fact...

Some sources:
By contrast, the oldest continuously owned company in the states is a mere babe - Zildjian Cymbal Co. gets the honor. It was started in 1623, the same year they built their web page. (Actually, it's a pretty cool web page.)

http://www.panasianbiz.com/2006/04/the_oldest_company_in_the_worl.html

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2004/08/oldest_familyow.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2373/is_200306/ai_n9023914

This one's really good:

http://www.activemusician.com/Zildjian-History--t2i193

[Gavur]

They're called Shriners, but I've never heard of the "swearing alliegance to Ararat" part of it... maybe so.

I have heard of a Mason lodge operated by Armenian mason's and its named the Ararat lodge!

[Turkish Pride]

Do I understand right that Turks opened restaurant in US called "Ararat"???

http://www.ararat-tapas.com/

Funnily enough there are members (a large number actually) of the Turkish expat community that do open restaurants. They serve the Beyti Kabab(Kebab) there so its is almost certainly a Turkish restaurant.

Although I wonder why its called Ararat Tapas, it should technically be called Ararat Meze but I presume they are going for a Mediterranean style restaurant instead of just a Turkish one.

[phantom]

To be more precise, Zildjian is the oldest "family run" business in the world that is still run by the same family.

The originator's name is Avedis Zildjian.